Necktie.



R. 0 TOMPKINS.

. NEGKTIE, APPLICATION FILED HA3. 7, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RHINELANDER G. TOMPKINS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NE CKTIE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RHINELANDER C. TOMPKINS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide an improvement in neckties having retaining devices of such form that a necktie of any desired style may be retained in position around the collar, the devices for retaining the necktie forming a permanent part of the necktie whereby the liability of these devices becoming lost or misplaced is absolutely prevented.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective a collar and a necktie encircling the same with my improved retaining devices in position for holding the necktie against upward movement on the collar, Fig. 2 is a detail inside view of the necktie showing the position which one of the necktie retaining devices occupies with respect thereto, Fig. 3 is a section through the necktie and retaining device in the plane of the line AA of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detached view of one of the necktie retaining devices.

The collar is denoted by 1.

The style of necktie 2 shown herein is of that kind which encircles the collar and may be tied in a bow-knot or a four-in-hand-knot at the front of the collar.

The necktie retaining device comprises a hook 3, the shank 4 of which is inserted between the inner and outer walls of the necktie from the bottom edge thereof.

The device is held permanently secured. to the necktie by any suitable means such, for instance, as by stitching the same in position, as shown at 5.

It is preferable that at least two of these Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. March 7, 1906.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

Serial No. 304,620.

necktie retaining devices be secured to the necktie, which devices are so located that they may be hooked under the bottom edge of the collar adjacent to the front meeting ends thereof whereby the necktie is retained in osition in proximity to the point in the neo tie where the knot is tied.

It will be seen that a necktie provided with these retaining devices may be very quickly and readily adjusted around the collar and as readily removed therefrom when so de sired, the necktie being retained in position on the collar when in use and kept securely against creeping upwardly along the outside of the collar.

It is to be understood that these retaining devices may be secured to different styles of neckties and that the devices themselves may be of different forms and sizes to suit different re uirements.

What I c aim is The combination with a necktie comprising a continuous strip arranged to pass around a collar and be tied in a knot at the front thereof, of independent necktie retaining devices of such a character as not to sensibly stiffen the necktie, said devices being secured permanently to the tie, each device comprising a hook having its shank secured between the inner and outer walls of the tie, said retaining devices being located in posi tion to be hooked under the bottom edge of the collar adjacent to the front meeting ends thereof whereby the necktie is retained in position in proximity to the point in the tie where the knot is tied.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in resence of two witnesses, this sixth day of arch, 1906.

RHINELANDER C. TOMPKINS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, HENRY THIEME. 

